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Old 04-15-10 | 04:01 AM
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i ended up going with super bright surface mount led's

and yes, they are very visible in the daylight.
what do you mean by surface mount? thanks
Old 04-15-10 | 04:16 AM
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another thing to put on my must have list. how much and when?
Old 04-15-10 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RotaryRevn
what do you mean by surface mount? thanks
Those would be the best LED out there. They are basically mounted to a circuit board and can be crazy bright. Good choice Tom.

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http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogu...00028b00010023
Old 04-15-10 | 05:03 AM
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Wow Tom, they came out real good! Looks oem.

I'd pay to have my 99s converted like that any day
Old 04-15-10 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by David Hayes
Those would be the best LED out there. They are basically mounted to a circuit board and can be crazy bright. Good choice Tom.

For more:

http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogu...00028b00010023

This may be a stupid question but if one of those led's was to burn out, could it be easily replaced?
Old 04-15-10 | 06:56 AM
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shouldn't be too hard with basic soldering skills.
Old 04-15-10 | 07:29 AM
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really nice
Old 04-16-10 | 09:49 AM
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Very nice thread and lights
Old 04-16-10 | 02:17 PM
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Man, those turned out great! I love how when the lights are off, it still looks very factory/stock. Again, very nice work!
Old 04-16-10 | 04:15 PM
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Thumbs up .

Amazing results! good job Tom!!

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Old 04-16-10 | 05:37 PM
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Looks really great,
Congrats.
Old 04-16-10 | 06:38 PM
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any pics on the car yet?
Old 04-16-10 | 08:51 PM
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Wow..... Just, wow..... Best looking LED tails I have ever seen.

When will you be taking orders?
Old 04-16-10 | 09:52 PM
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I just found it amusing that the add on the bottom of page 5 as I'm reading this thread was for superbrightleds.com, made me chuckle, now back to reading.

edit: finished reading, looks awesome. There's some great new projects getting finished up. If you decide to make a group buy for these I would be in for sure. Maybe you can package them with David's sleepy eye headlight shrouds...
Old 04-16-10 | 10:09 PM
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if the led is out, how are you going to change it?
Old 04-17-10 | 11:53 AM
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I want me a set!!
Old 04-18-10 | 01:37 AM
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Want these so bad. Awaiting to see if he's doing these and for how much.
Old 04-19-10 | 12:09 AM
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sexy time!

in case you didnt make it to dgrr this weekend...

...here's teh tails looking mad sexy on goodfella's car.











too bad he apon'd out his tranny. we just spent the day limping it home from NC. no 3rd gear at all, and the rest of the gears sound like a bomb went off inside the gearbox.

regarding the tail lights: the look great, and work great, but i'm not 100% happy with the results...yet. i have a couple of ideas to improve the current design.

first, i'm going to make it so that the outer ring gets brighter w/ the brakes. additionally, i'm going to change the internal mounting assembly design. i'm also going to fix a slight dark-spot on the turn signals and use a slightly different configuration for the signal led mounting.

i'll share the updates after i get them done. we're all crashing at scrub's house tonight and tomorrow we're gonna gimp goodfella's fd back to IRP, drop the tranny, and bolt up a series-8 he has lying around.
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those lights look fake lol
Old 04-19-10 | 12:14 AM
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Very nice, loving it....Sorry to hear about the blown tranny Rich...
Old 04-19-10 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
those lights look fake lol
oh they are very real.

Old 04-19-10 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
i might copy your idea for myself they came out great.
go for it.
Old 04-19-10 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
i might copy your idea for myself they came out great.
Then do it, don't talk about it.

The lights look great IMHO.
Old 04-19-10 | 02:08 AM
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Those look damn good!
Any plans to do the centre brake light too so it all matches?
Old 04-19-10 | 09:16 AM
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Awesome progress! I may have missed it, but will the rings fit inside a 99+ housing since they are embossed a bit?



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